BIOGRAPHY HADEWYCH VAN GENT
Dutch cellist Hadewych van Gent started studying at the young top-talent department of the Conservatory of Amsterdam at 12 years old. There she joined the prestigious young string ensemble the Fancy Fiddlers lead by Coosje Wijzenbeek. After her studies in Amsterdam with Monique Bartels and Jelena Očić she moved to London where she received her Masters degree with honors at the Royal Academy of Music studying with Robert Cohen.
In 2023 she won a place in the Advanced diploma program and became a Bicentenary scholar at the Royal Academy of Music. She completed this degree in cello and voice studying with Hannah Roberts and Marcus van den Akker.
Hadewych made her solo debut at het Concertgebouw at the age of 17 and has performed in many different festivals and concert halls such as Het Muziekgebouw aan t’IJ, The Dutch national Opera and The Barbican hall in London. She has given concerts in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Brazil and the UK. She has had the privileges to share those stages with renowned musicians such asEdwardGardener, Sir Mark Elder, Jaap van Zweden, Reimbert de Leeuw, Max richter, 12 Ensemble, Andreas Ottensamer, Menahim Pressler and Janine Jansen, playing in her festival several times.Recently Hadewych has performed with Decca gold guitarist Plínio Fernandes and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason in both duo and trio formation and will tour trough Brazil with the trio in the near future.
In September 2022 Hadewych was invited by Sheku Kanneh-Mason to play and sing on his album release. The performance of the piece that she arranged, sung, improvised and played, was mentioned in the Times as ‘’An intoxication invocation’’. The collaboration with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Decca Records continues.
Starting her project of combining her passion for singing and cello playing Hadewych is working together with composers to expand the repertoire for this unique combination. Out of this project, the next piece to be premiered will be with written for guitar, cello and voice by Rafael Marino Arcaro. This will be recorded together with Plínio Fernandes in the summer of 2024.
Her album VOICE, is part of her exploration of the different voices that inspired her to bring her singing voice and cello playing together.
Honoured with the prestigious Bicentenary Scholarship, the album was made in collaboration with Linn Records and part of the Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series.
Hadewych plays a cello built by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, generously lend to her by the Royal Academy of Music. She plays a bow made for her by Andreas Grütter, sponsored by Stichting SEM.
Her studies were made possible by the Hattori foundation, multiple Dutch funds such as Het Prins Bernhard fonds and the Royal Academy of Music.
